3 arrested after robbery at suburban Radio Shack

December 11, 2013|By Dawn Rhodes | Tribune reporter

Three men were arrested Wednesday morning after an armed robbery at a west suburban Radio Shack, police said.

A store employee reported that two men wearing hooded sweat shirts entered the store at 7319 Lemont Road in Downers Grove at around 10:50 a.m. and displayed a small handgun, Downers Grove Police Lt. Michael Willison said in a release. The men demanded that the employee open locked cabinets in the store and they began taking electronic devices, Willison said. The men also pepper sprayed the employee as well as another customer before fleeing the store. Both victims were treated and released at the scene, Willison said.

A witness outside the store told responding officers the men fled westbound on 75th Street in a green Nissan, according to Willison. Officers later found the vehicle heading north on the Veterans Memorial Tollway and followed the car to an area near Route 59 and Ferry Road in Naperville, about 14 miles northwest of the crime scene, Willison said. The suspects then stopped and ran from the vehicle. Officers apprehended them after a short foot chase, Willison said.

Willison said that three men were arrested but only two actually entered the store.

It is not yet known if the items the suspects took from the store have been recovered.

The men have not been identified because charges have not yet been filed. An investigation is ongoing, Willison said.